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post Oct 28 2018, 12:13 AM

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QUOTE(chikuera @ Oct 27 2018, 07:52 PM)
Sifus,

Planning to upsize my Iriz from 175/65R14 to 195/55R15. Is it a good move or should I go for 185/60R15?

As I plan to upgrade the rim, budget is on the tight side. So I wont go for PS3  bye.gif

Many suggested to go for Hankook V12 Evo2 but also read that it is quite noisy. Stock tire for Iriz is Silverstone Synergy M3 and it is very noisy.

There is also CC6 which the most quiet tire as netizens suggest but also read that it is too soft. My brother using this on his Almera and yes, can feel the softness
For now, I see that I am leaning towards Goodyear Assurance Triplemax2 but hard to find reviews as it just launched this year. However, the previous Triplmax1's review was very good.

Found this shop at Shah Alam, it is a good deal? I also considering Kumho PS31 as the reviews are also good.
Goodyear Triplemaxx 2 @ RM148 per donut

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Kumho PS31 @ RM130 per dount

*both are 2018 tire. Prices included balancing and alignment
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185/60/15 is too big outer diameter compared to your stock size and it doesn't have any choices of good performance tires.

V12E2 is not noisy la. That is the best choice already, better than your other 2 options especially compared to the PS31.
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post Oct 28 2018, 12:47 AM

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QUOTE(chikuera @ Oct 28 2018, 12:25 AM)
I believe it's less noisy than stock anyway

the cheapest I can get for V12E2 is RM 180/donut, if I buy 4 pcs. However, it would be way over my budget of rims + tyre which is around RM1200.

I have sourced for rims and it cost me around rm600. so realistically, I only have another rm600 to spend on tires

p/s: I dont do touge but I like to drive fast on highways..taking bends at high speed that's all
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Best price I can get in Klang Valley for the V12E2 is rm170/pc. I just bought a set for my son's Swift at S One Sport Rims and Tyre in Setia Alam.
Rims for rm600, are those new? Maybe can try find used ones instead so you got more budget for the tires because tires is actually more important than rims. Rims as long as you avoid those fakes/replicas then ok.
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post Oct 28 2018, 10:27 AM

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QUOTE(chikuera @ Oct 28 2018, 08:04 AM)
Those are actually 2nd hand oem rims.

Seen Thailand-made Rays also around that price
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I think if you look more carefully there should be cheaper used OEM rims on sale in Mudah.
Don't buy those fake Rays, unknown quality if strong enough or not.
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post Nov 6 2018, 05:35 PM

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QUOTE(chikuera @ Nov 6 2018, 11:12 AM)
all, thanks for the comments.

i already made my choice with Kumho PS31 195/55R15 as the shop was having sales at RM130/donut. No other size available though.

So my car looks quite tall.  sweat.gif but look pretty neat with blacked out rims
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Size is still ok but tire is not such a good choice actually coz performance is only meh and reliability is a bit questionable. Hopefully they wont have any issues on yours.


QUOTE(littlefire @ Nov 6 2018, 03:07 PM)
FYI, having wrong size will impact your fuel consumption and speed meter will not be accurate.
Sometime have to think for long term (Got wonder why so cheap or not? - year of manufacturing?)
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Kumho is not good tires, that's why that cheap.
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post Nov 10 2018, 02:02 PM

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QUOTE(chikuera @ Nov 10 2018, 12:46 PM)
But i think it was better than other tires around that price which were rovelo, dayton and zeta. Haha
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Yeah ok la, since you seem to be very budget limited and you've bought it anyway. Just next time buy better tires.

 

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